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Becoming a Mason - Part 3 - Masonry and Family
(Part 3 of 4) The third section explains how Freemasonry relates to the Family, from Masonic Organizations that wives and kids can join, to family activities sponsored by the individual Lodges and Grand Lodge. It also touches on the world-wide Brotherhood of Freemasons and talks of the time constraints of Masonry in the modern world.
Democracy, Freedom, and Beginnings of Black Freemasonry - Sankey Lecture Series in Masonic Studies
Sankey Lecture Series in Masonic Studies: Democracy, Freedom, and the Beginnings of Black Freemasonry" - Chernoh M. Sesay Jr, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at DePaul University, Chicago, IL. Scholars have only recently begun to look past the seemingly opaque and exclusive origins of African American Freemasonry to recognize its historical and contemporary importance. Prince Hall, a former slave, organized African Lodge No. 459, the first recognized black lodge in the world, and he led black abolitionist petitioners in Massachusetts during the American colonial rebellion. Moreover, the African Lodge initiated the radical southerner, David Walker, and helped to facilitate the 1829 publication of his famous and controversial Walker’s Appeal, in Four Articles; Together with a Preamble, to the Coloured Citizens of the World, but in Particular, and Very Expressly, to Those of the United States of America. Not only do the origins of black Freemasonry reveal the complex fashioning of African American leadership, identity and community, but its beginnings also reflect the problems and possibility of democracy in America.
Doctor Calls On Trump WH To Share Virus Data With Biden Team |
With cases, hospitalizations and deaths on the rise in the U.S. due to the coronavirus, Drs. Susan Bailey and Debbie Hatmaker discuss the concern from medical professionals as the country heads into the holiday season and why it's time for Trump to share virus data with Biden.
Bishop T.D. Jakes believes divide between White and Black Christians is broader than ever before
Bishop T.D. Jakes says he thinks the divide between White Christians and Black Christians is broader than it has ever been before. "It's not that we dont agree about faith, but whenever faith become too politicized it's to the detriment to both parties."
Biden Ramps Up Pressure On Trump To Engage In Transition | Morning Joe | MSNBC
President-elect Biden is turning up the pressure on Trump and his administration for failing to move ahead with a peaceful transition of power.
Barack Obama speaks out on politics, life in the White House, and Donald Trump
In his first television interview since the election of Joe Biden as the 46th President, former President Barack Obama sits down with "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King to discuss the first volume of his memoirs, "A Promised Land." He talks about the enormous opposition he experienced as he entered the White House; the impact of his political career on his family; and why he campaigned for his former vice president – and spoke out so vociferously against his successor, President Donald Trump.
How public schools harm black children
Let’s talk about black children in public schools. Literacy rates for my children continue to go down despite the fact that liberals are happy to send black children to public schools. The biggest problem basics of wealth are all the things I need to know in order to be successful in the world
Jane Elliott's "Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes" Anti-Racism Exercise | The Oprah Winfrey Show |
In this 1992 Oprah Show episode, award-winning anti-racism activist and educator Jane Elliott taught the audience a tough lesson about racism by demonstrating just how easy it is to learn prejudice. Watch as the audience, totally unaware that an exercise is underway, gets separated into two groups based on the color of their eyes. The blue-eyes group was discriminated against while the people with brown eyes were treated with respect. Jane says she first started this exercise in her third grade class back in 1968, the day after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.